Sollner Säule
Sollner Säule stands in Munich’s Solln district, within the Villa Colony, as a Bildstock shaped by sculptor Balthasar Schmitt in 1911. The traditional monument reflects the Heimat movement and forms part of Bavaria’s heritage list.
Three reliefs give the stone its story: the Adoration of the Magi, the Beheading of John the Baptist, and Saint George fighting a dragon. Schmitt built it on his own initiative, possibly with support from court confectioner Ludwig Hof. Beneath the scenes, inscriptions read “SOLLN ZUR ZIER,” “MUEDEN ZUR RAST,” and “BALTH: SCHMITT v. LVD: GvR. HOF 1911.”
A wooden house once stood behind the shrine, where writer Werner Bergengruen lived from 1936 to 1945 before wartime destruction removed it.
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